Aidan Mchugh and Rinky Hijikata will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rinky Hijikata who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.88
Aidan Mchugh -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Aidan Mchugh vs. Rinky Hijikata
This will be the 2nd time that Aidan Mchugh and Rinky Hijikata face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mchugh (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Mchugh won 4-6 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in M25 Waco back in 2019.
Aidan Mchugh
Ranked no. 358 (career-high), the Brit reached the qualifications after beating Arjun Kadhe 6-3 7-60.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Kadhe (6-3 7-60). During the match, Mchugh scored 75 points vs Kadhe’s 58. Aidan was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mchugh managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aidan Mchugh was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mchugh broke Kadhe once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Mchugh has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (103-77). 7-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mchugh has a composed17-14 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Mchugh’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Indore,M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Decatur and M25+H Rodez.
The Brit has a composed 49-26 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Aidan has never competed in this tournament before.
Rinky Hijikata
Ranked no. 377 (career-high), Hijikata reached the qualifications after beating Blaise Bicknell 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Bicknell (6-1 6-3). During the match Hijikata scored 67 points vs Bicknell’s 46. Rinky was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Hijikata fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rinky Hijikata lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 52% of his first serves in, winning 81% (21/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Bicknell 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Rinky’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Edwardsville,M25 Sierre,M25 Setubal and M25 Calabasas.
Hijikata has a composed 41-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mchugh | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 75-58 | 67-46 |
| Total Points | 133 | 113 |
| Winners | 36 | 21 |
| %Winners | 48% | 31% |
Both Mchugh and Hijikata played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mchugh and Hijikata have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Mchugh played 6 games more than Hijikata. Mchugh scored 36 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 21 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mchugh | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 26/50 |
| %1st in | 66% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 21/26 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 50% |
Mchugh recorded 3 aces . Hijikata scored 3 aces . Mchugh won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Hijikata won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mchugh | Hijikata |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 5 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Aidan broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The Brit had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Hijikata broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mchugh | |||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 75-58 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 47/71 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hijikata | |||
| Q1 Bicknell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 26/50 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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